Process of purifying fluids.



.J. TOKHEHVI.

PROCESS OF PURIFYING FLUIDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-30, I916.

Patented my 4,1911%.

Attorneys moot f Elli.

vaporization unfit oomiousotiou suitoioio stops iuoiutioti VELPOJ? is; ova-shoot.

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Fig it is o, trogmoutoi on tho, iiuo P2 oi In tho diuwiugs, them 2t piy took 1, oquippou with on iuiot ouoi timing" u wont 3, At one outi, tho supply taut: 1 is pirovidooi with u oiouu-out plug 4: the other ouot of tho supply tout; it ootryiugj u pogo '"ioso ti Bellow tho ouppiy tout: ii is odistliiutiou took 6. A pipe Y forms u oommuuiootiou between the oippiy tout: it and! the distillation took ti ouo. outoro tho (iistiiiutiou took, tho pipo K its; uppoi" omit, 21, Volvo soot 8 toootodi Within tho supply tout: 1L. Uoopotutiuo with tho Volvo seat 8 is on upwopdliy opomug voivo Q pit too i ittld and otio otoiiy connected "with o ifoo'i posting through on opouiug M in tho top of tho supply tank 1., The uppoi" oupoooti ouo. of the rod 10 is pivotoc't oocoutriooiiy to it com 12 adopted to ooopomto With the top out tho supply tank it. Mounted to tooiproooto ou the pipo '3' ioootodt Within. tho tilistiiio fipoottttutiou UL.

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bottom of the separator 34. A water outlet 39' enters the bottom of the separator 34 within the inner sleeve 38. A gasolene outlet pipe 'projects upwardly through the bottom of the separator 34 and extends between theouter sleeve 36 and the inner sleeve 38, the upper end of the pipe 40 being located at a greater elevationthan the upper end of the pipe 39. In the bottom of the separator 34 may be located a clean out plug41.

Disposed beneath the condenser tank 29 and at the side of the separator 34 is an upright tubular receiver 42. The receiver 42 is supplied with a gage glass 43, and

with a drain 44 including a valve 45. At

pne-side and intermediate it ends, the receiver 42 is provided with a sampling cock 46. Access may be had to the receiver 42 i by means of .a plug 47. A pipe 48 enters should it be necessary to use a frame atall.

The practical operation of the device is as follows Gasolene is permitted to flow into the tank 1 through the inlet 2, the cam lever 12 being manipulated to raise the rod 10 and the valve 9, whereupon the gasolene will flow into the distillation tank Sand by the pipe 48 into the receiver 42, until the latter is filled with impure gasolene. Subsequently the impure gasolene rises in the distlllation tank 6unt1l the float/14 rises and closes the valve 18. The hand valve 9 is used only, when the valve 18 fails to operate 'automaticall Steam is mtroduced into the distillation tank6 by way of the pipe 26, the steam passing outwardly into the distillation tank, through the, perforations 27, in the pipe. The steam thus introduced into the tank 6,

converts the gasolene therein into a moist vapor. Y The most of the dirt and other impurities remain in the tank 6. The gasolene va or in the tank 6 passes by way of the col ecting trough 1 into the pipe 22. By means of the nozz e 23 water is introduced into the up1 er end of the pipe 22. This Water, whic -is cold, exercises two functions. First, it serves to wash thevapor, and, secondly it creates a diminution of pressure in the pipe 22, so that there is a tendency for the gasolene vapor to be sucked into the pipe 22, from the tank 6, by way of the trough 21.

From the pipe 22, the gasolene vapor passes into the sinuous conduit formed in the tank 29 by the pipes 30. The gasolene vapor is condensed by the water which has been admitted into the tank 29 through the water supply pipe 33. This condensation of the vapor further reduces thepressure in the .pipe 22 and tends to create a suction through the pipe 22. From the lower end of the conduit formed by the pipes 30, gasolene flows through the pipe 35 into the separator 34. Dirt and impurities which remain in the gasolene, tend to gravitate at the bottom of the separator 34. The separator 34 contains water which stands as high as the top of the pipe 39. In theseparator 34, the gasolene is compelled to traverse a roundabout path on two streams on top of the water, the gasolene moving in opposite directions around the outside of the outer sleeve 36, and passing into the space between the sleeves 36 and 38 through the opening 37. The gasolene ultimately leaves by way of the pipe 40, in a clean condition. As the level of impure gasolene within the distillation tank 6 is lowered, the float 14 moves downwardly, opening the valve 18 and permitting impure gasolene to flow from the supply tank 1 into the tank 6. The operationof the device, therefore, i practically continuous.

The water of condensation from the steam emitted by the steam pipe 26 is received by the tank 6, the water of condensation flowing by way of the pipe 48 into the receiver 42 which is filled with impure gasolene. The

impure gasolene in' the receiver 42 is replaced by water, the impure gasolene rising through the pipe 48 into the tank 6. The cook 46 may be opened, to permit a sampling of the contents of the receiver 42.

The distillation tank, 6, the condenser 29 and the separator 34 are of primary importance.- It is desirable to use also the supply tank 1 and the receiver tank 42 to secure the most perfect results, but, if de sired, either the supply tank 1 or the receiver 42, or both of them, may be omitted at the will of the user.

The process which I desire to protect comprises some or all of the followlng steps in combination :filling the receiver 42 with impure liquid and automatically replacing the water of condensation in the tank 6 by impure liquid from the tank 42; controlling the supply of impure liquid from the tank 1 to the tank 6 by the float-controlled valve 18 vaporizing the impure liquid in the tank 6 by steam from the pipe 16; introducing water into the vapor by means of the nozzle 23; condensing the vapor in the tank 29; and separating the condensate from the water in the tank 341 Having thus described the invention,what is claimed is The herein described process of purifying tee-wen W gesolene and similar hydrocarbon cleaning In testimony that I claim the fore oing lquids, which consists in accumulating two as my own, have hereto affixed my signe- W bodies of impure liquid; and introducing ture in the presence of two Witnesses, steam into one of said bodies to vet orize 5 the same and to produce Water of con ense- JUHN J. TUKHEW.

tion; condensing the vapor; and eflecting Witnesses: an interchange between the Water of conden- MILNER A. PALOUSKY,

sation and the other of said bodies of liquid. W. M. KAQENA. 

